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    • 26 Nov 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 27 Nov 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Deloitte Office, 8 Adelaide St W #200, Toronto, ON M5H 0A9
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    Announcing the 3rd Annual DAMA Days Toronto Conference held at Deloitte Toronto!

    This year’s event promises even more value, connection, and opportunities for data professionals. 

    Highlights include:

    • Special guest speakers and presentations from leaders in the field.

    • Member-only offer to give CDMP exam and you pay for the exam only if you pass

    • Main stage recordings available to attendees after the conference.

    • Exciting raffle prizes

    • Free professional headshots for all attendees.

    • Exclusive discounts on literature authored by industry experts.

    • Networking opportunities with:

      • local data management professionals from across GTA.

      • Leaders from both private and public sectors.

      • Subject matter experts spanning technical and business perspectives.

      • Vendors showcasing tools, demos, and innovations.

      • Local nonprofits and community organizations making an impact in data management.

    Tickets are on sale now! 

    ⚠️ As planning progresses, some program details may be updated.

    Program Agenda below may subject to change as some more details are worked on by the organizing team.

    Click here for speaker bios

    Day 1: November 26, 2025

    Time                                  


    Speaker                                             

    Topic 
    08:00 AM Doors Open  Registration
    09:00 AM

    Sapna Jain, President 

    DAMA Toronto

     Opening Remarks
    09:15 AM

    Mitesh Kapadia,

    Ernst & Young LLP

     Key note Address
    09:45 AM

    Anuyogam Venkataraman,

    Microsoft  

    Supercharge Spark on Microsoft Fabric: Boost Performance, Cut Costs, and Optimize with Confidence
    10:45 AM  Break  Networking Break
    11:00 AM Yulia Koserenko, Consultant - Why Change Inc. Embedded Analytics: How To Deliver Business Insights to the Right Place at the Right Time
    12 Noon  Lunch Break  Lunch, vendor booth, headshots
    01:00 PM  Abhishek Saha, Delotte  TBD
    02:15 PM Mitesh Kapadia, Anuyogam Venkataraman, Yulia Kosarenko, Abhishek Saha, Rob Emerson, Abdul Farra Panel: Getting your organization ready for AI journey (People, Process, Technology, Data and beyond)
    03:00 PM  Break  Networking
    03:20 PM Rob Emerson, City of Barrie Embarking on a Transformational Journey: AI Adoption at the City of Barrie
    04:30 PM 

    Sathya Ramamoorthy,

    Board member, DAMA Toronto

     Day 1 Closing remarks
    05:00 PM    Networking and evening reception













    Day 2: November 27, 2025

    Time                                  


    Speaker                                                          

    Topic 
    08:00 AM Doors Open  Registration
    09:00 AM

    Sardar Kayan,

    Board member, DAMA Toronto,

     Day 2 Opening Remarks
    09:15 AM Ian Cheng, Slalom Consulting Enabling a Data Product Organization
    10:15 AM

    Albert Guo, Telus

    Catalog of Trust — Privacy at the Center
    10:45 AM  Break  Networking Break
    11:00 AM  Abdul Ferra, CAAT Pension Plan Domain driven Data Hub Architecture
    12 Noon  Lunch Break  Lunch, vendor booth, headshots
    01:00 PM Rob Gerbrandt, RMG Consulting  &  Jason W.D. Cassidy, Shiny Docs Corporation Is it time for Detente? Removing the barriers between Information Governance and Data Governance
    02:15 PM Group Activity lead by Vishal Vashista, Deloitte Case study
    03:15 PM  Break  Networking
    03:30 PM Group Activity continues Top 3 team presentation &  Winner Announcement
    04:30 PM 

    Sathya Ramamoorthy,

    Board member, DAMA Toronto

    Day 2 Closing remarks & vote of thanks








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Past events

12 Nov 2025 Why certification matters ? (DATAVERSITY) + Leading the Human Side of AI Changes (Aakriti Agrawal)
30 Jul 2025 The Data Platform Handbook
3 Jun 2025 AI Starts with Data: Why Strong Data Governance Is a Must-Have
14 Apr 2025 CDMP Study Group Spring 2025
2 Nov 2023 2nd DAMA Days Canada - Toronto
15 Feb 2023 CDMP Study group Winter/Spring 2023
9 Feb 2023 Free Event by AWS - Chatbots, Machine Learning & Data
20 Oct 2022 DAMA Days Canada
29 Sep 2022 AI for all
27 Jul 2022 Modern Analytics and Governance at Scale
15 Jun 2022 IRMAC (DAMA - Toronto) Annual General Meeting
18 May 2022 The Need for Generally Accepted Data Management Principles (GADMP)
18 May 2022 Privacy-Enhancing Technology Summit North America
20 Apr 2022 Building a Data Quality Program from the Ground Up
23 Mar 2022 Trends in Financial Services Customer360, KYC, AML
16 Mar 2022 Spring DAMA Luncheon Session #1 – Adapting data governance to the modern enterprise
1 Mar 2022 GeoIgnite 2022
16 Feb 2022 Primer on Critical Data Studies
26 Jan 2022 Cracking Open the DMBOK and CDMP Exam Data Management Fundamentals
19 Jan 2022 Getting the Squeeze on Python
15 Dec 2021 Info Professionals Panel
10 Nov 2021 Block Chain for Data Professionals
20 Oct 2021 AI Governance – An Implementation Use Case
30 Sep 2021 Governing Data Management – personalization + privacy
22 Sep 2021 “I LOVE My Organization’s Data Policies”, Said No One
18 Aug 2021 The importance of data quality in equities: not as commoditized as you might think
21 Jul 2021 Data governance and smaller organizations – how to be successful in small and medium sized organizations

Data governance and smaller organizations – how to be successful in small and medium sized organizations


Data governance is one of the most important components of quality data management.  However, small organizations hardly ever implement a data governance program, why?  This presentation describes why small organizations almost never create data governance programs and why that is a mistake.  The presentation will describe ways that smaller organizations can implement successful data governance programs and what works and as important what doesn’t work.

Frank Kadwell, PhD, is data management specialist with over twenty years of experience in the IT industry.  Frank has been in data management for approximately twenty years.  Frank is Co-Founder of D3 Information Services, a small boutique consulting firm in the US and specifically Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Frank and D3 assist companies with many data management challenges including strategy, architecture, and development.  Frank has consulted in many verticals including financial services, retail, manufacturing, and health care.  In addition, Frank has been on the Minnesota DAMA chapter board for three years.  Frank is involved with local data meetups and academic organizations.

Date

 

 Jul 21, 2021

   Time
 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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